But while Pluto is the end of our own planetary repertoire, “Pluto Killer” Mike Brown and his team of astronomers are just getting started. Even if we haven’t learned anything about our solar system since we hit puberty, this team is making new discoveries about how our Solar System formed — and what it may be hiding. For example, Eris, Haumea and Sedna. These could be celebrity baby names (and probably will be soon enough), but they are actually distant objects that Planet Nine creators are exploring. See, you’re already learning something!

Skies Over Nashville

If you’re looking for an earlier night out and a more traditional (albeit equally fantastic) planetarium experience, Skies Over Nashvilleis probably your best bet. In this live show experience, an ASC educator will show you how to spot and identify Nashville’s seasonal constellations, stars, planets and other interesting sky objects.

What better way to appreciate the city we love than to wonder at the stars above?

In the famous words of Ralph Waldo Emerson:

“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.”